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Overview

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Inground pool, Sleeps 6

During your stay in Orlando Florida, why spend your holidays in a small cramped hotel room when you can stay in our house? Located from 15 minutes from the major parks in the area such as Disney, Universal Studios, Legoland, Sea World. This house is located on one of the most beautiful golf Course in Florida (Top 5) in the amazing community of Southern Dunes, with a 24 hour gated community and guardian. This luxury spacious house, newly remodeled and refurnished, with a south facing pool is for rent and is fully equipped with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with a private pool, no rear neighbors, and overlooking the golf course. The floor plan is 1142 sq feet, with the garage.

There are many restaurants nearby, and 2 major supermarkets conveniently located at the front of the estate - Wal-Mart & Winn Dixie (walking distance). There are many shopping malls such as the wonderful Premium Outlets, close by to suit all ages and tastes.

Cable, telephone and high speed internet access as well as the option of pool heating. There is also a on-site manager to see to your comfort. The place is very charming and relaxing. This lovely house is fully equipped and can easily accommodate

6 persons.

Two of the bedrooms are equipped with queen beds and one has two twin beds.

The lounge is beautiful and has a 42'' flat screen TV.

The two major bedrooms also have a 32' TV for your comfort.

The pool area has a magnificent view overlooking the 6th Tee Off of the golf course

About Jean-Francois Michaud and Liette Tourangeau

Let me introduce you to our family. Liette and I are proud owners of that superb Villa in the wonderful resort of Southern Dunes. Growing up and living on the suburb of the city of Montreal in Canada, we have two wonderful daughters named Arielle and Vanessa. My cousin Rene gave us the opportunity to discover Southern Dunes and we fell in love with it right away. Liette took a lot of pride in decorating our Villa to make it a cozy place to relax and enjoy the surroundings. We hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do.

Month-long frusration

From two different lockbox combinations (one from the owner and a different one from the management company), to an unheated pool on our arrival (we paid a mandatory pool heating charge), to a sticky and crumby kitchen floor, to a gas grill that ran out of gas twice, to a property manager with an abrasive personality who was difficult to deal with, staying at this property was frustrating from the beginning of the month to the end. The driveway is short, narrow and steep. Overgrown plants next to the driveway and along the front walk made it difficult to get out of the car and to the front door. The kitchen cupboards were so packed full of glasses, mugs, wine glasses and tea that there was no room for our groceries. The knobs on the cupboards were located in the vertical center of the doors so that you have to reach up high to open the upper cupboards and down low to open the lower cupboards. Tiny ants ran races on the kitchen counters. The dishwasher cycle lasted for more than three hours. There were dusty artificial plants in the bedrooms and dirty throw rugs in the kitchen and bathrooms. The sofa and loveseat were uncomfortable to sit on. The mattress was hard as a rock and the bed pillows were well-worn to say the least. The golf course cart path runs right next to the pool and a tee is located directly in front of the pool so golfers were constantly parking next to the pool. They were oblivious to our presence and we were subject to all of their colorful conversations. Golf course grooming equipment (mowers, sand trap rakes) woke us up before 7:00 a.m. most mornings. One week before we left, the pool filter pump died and it wasn’t fixed before we left. On February 29 (we rented the property from February 1 to March 1) the property manager came to the house and asked us why we were still there because she had us leaving that day. We asked the owner for a partial refund of the pool heating charge in addition to the refund of our damage deposit. It took three e-mails and 31 days for him to refund our damage deposit. He said he would not refund any of the pool heating charge. Obviously, we would not stay at this property again and cannot recommend it to others.

Review Submitted: Apr 20, 2016

Date of Stay: Jan 2016

Source: HomeAway

Owner's Response: Dear Bonnie:
Thank you for your recent correspondence!
It is unfortunate you did not fully enjoy your stay in our home. Through the years we have enjoyed very high marks for our villa and our Management Staff including from guests that have rented the villa after your stay. Although this is the first complaint we have ever had for our villa we take all comments to heart and value any and all opinions.
Our listing includes a substantial number of pictures that ensure our visitors are fully aware of elements in and around the property. These pictures include representations of the golf course, cart path and driveway. The vast majority of our visitors have actively shared very positive feedback about our wonderful location, great view of the Golf Course with a South facing pool, as swell as upgraded furniture and amenities that we offer and maintain. We make sure our cupboards are fully stocked with dishware, glasses and equipment so that our visitors have everything they need for themselves and their own guests.
Of course with any house, there may be situations that do come up that we don’t expect. We have a team of people on-site that readily respond to deal with questions or issues on very short notice. I can see in this case that the Management response time was also very quick. Property Management also corresponded with us each time you made contact with them. You did indicate that there were specific areas you felt were not cleaned properly. Our Management staff made arrangements to visit you and did offer to rectify anything you could find which you declined. As you may be aware, many villas are managed by companies that cannot respond as quickly as we do. This has been a huge plus for our guests through the years.
We all work to ensure our guests are well taken care of while they are staying in our property and we will certainly take your comments into consideration. As a family, we also make many trips to the villa for our own relaxation and rest and are always working to make improvements to our villa each time we visit.
Again, thank you so much for your feedback and we wish you all the best,
J-F Michaud and Liette Tourangeau

quaint and impressive beautiful vacation home

This vacation home has all the amenities as home. Stay at southern dunes several times a year and enjoy all the properties. This home was right up there however a little less spacious. This property was cozy and comfortable, would recommend to other vacationers who look to enjoy their vacation. Walmart superstore conveniently located at the entrance of the main gate. Owner provided good customer service.

Review Submitted: Jan 12, 2016

Date of Stay: Dec 2015

Source: VRBO, from HomeAway

Owner's Response: Everything you need is there for you to spend a great vacation.
Thank you Swanny for the review and we hope to have you back in the near futur.
J-F and Liette

Bob and Linda

Southern Dunes is a nice gated community located on a World Class golf course.

The villa was very clean with most of the amenities that one requires. Mr Michaud is very approachable and gets back to you promptly. The same can be said about the superintendent Seth. A very professional operation.

If you are a golfer, this is the place to be. Close enough to Disney and the good restaurants.

We liked so much that we have already booked for 2016 and 2017.

Review Submitted: Apr 15, 2015

Date of Stay: Feb 2015

Source: VRBO, from HomeAway

Owner's Response: Dear Bob and Linda,
it was a pleasure talking to you and having you as our guests in our Villa. We do everything we possibly can to make sure you have a pleasant stay.
Happy to lodge you again the next two winters.
Best Regards,
Jean-Francois

Great Christmas Vacation!

Our family enjoyed the stay at this property very much. The house is nicely decorated and in a good location; walking distance to grocery stores and a short drive to Disney. The BBQ and pool are a great amenity along with nice sunset views. The owner is very accommodating and great to work with.

Review Submitted: Jan 9, 2015

Date of Stay: Dec 2014

Source: HomeAway

Owner's Response: Dear M&M,
it was nice talking to you and making sure your holidays went smoothly. I am pleased you found everything to your satisfaction and we hope you return soon.
J-F

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